Today I got back from our week in Maine and found an explosion in the garden.

Zucchini and pickling cucumbers

Tabasco pepper (I think)

Spaghetti squash

Turnips

Grey squirrel running away from Francesca who was running from a hawk.

We’ve heard a hawk around the yard since we got home. One landed right on a tree branch (not the same tree this squirrel is on) but flew away before I had a chance to get the camera. I’m hoping it comes back.

Engorged tick

About a month ago we found this fat tick on Jaxsun’s belly. Poor pooch, when I took the tick off, I took off a layer of skin.